Finger-nail cleaner



April '14, 1925.

FINGER NAIL CLEAN-ER Filed Nov. 6, 1924 WHIIIIHHHIIII H mlmmm I mum 1mWWW I SVENTOR ATTQRNEY 1,533,664 c. F. SANFORD Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. SANFORD, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR O'F ONE-HALF TOALMA I-IERBST, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FINGER-NAIL CLEANER.

Application filed November 6, 1924. Serial No. 748,021.

To all 10. mm it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. SANFORD,

a citizen of the United States, residing at 1513 Audubon Street, city ofNew Orleans, parish of Orleans, and State of Louisiana,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Finger-NailCleaners, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to linger nail cleaners, and has for its generalobject the provision of a new and improved device which is simple inconstruction, cheap to manufacture and highly efficient and satisfactoryin use.

In its preferred form, hereinafter described, my invention ischaracterized by a bow of flexible material carrying a string undertension and provided with a handle of an advantageous form, extendingfrom the middle portion of the convex side of the bow.

The invent-ion will be understood from the following description, takenin connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a preferred embodiment of the invention; Figure 2 is an endelevation thereof; and Figure 9 is a plan view thereof.

Referring to the drawing, the device is shown as comprising a bow 5 ofwood or other suitable flexible material having greater width thanthickness and having slotted ends 6 adapted to receive a string 7. Thisstring 7 is provided with knots engaging the outer sides of the slottedends 6 of the bow in which the string is thus held under slight tension.Attached to the middle portion of the convex side of the bow, is ahandle 9 of wood or other suitable material having a concave portionconforming to the middle portion of the convex side of the bow, andhaving a head portion adapted to be readily grasped by the user of thecleaner. As shown, the how 5 and the handle 9 are separate parts heldtogether 4 by screws 10.

In use, the cleaner is grasped by the handle 9 with one hand and thestrip 7 is worked back and forth under the nails of the other hand,preferably while the nails and cleaner are wet with or submerged insoapy water or other cleansing solution. Owing to the flexibility of thestring 7 and the readiness with which its angle with reference to thefingers may be adjusted, any

dirt under the nails is gently but positively removed both from underthe middle and from under the corners of the nails, and is readilywashed off. In this way, the nails may be cleaned without scratchingthem and without injuring the delicate cuticle under and around them.Ordinarily, it is not necessary to apply any soap or other detergent tothe string apart from the washing solution. If needed, however, adetergent may be applied to the string during use of the cleaner, or astring pre-treated with a detergent may be used in the device.

What I claim is:

A finger nail cleaner comprising a bow of flexible material havinggreater width than thickness and having slotted ends, a string extendingthrough the slotted ends of said how and provided with knots engagingthe outer sides of the latter, a handle having a head portion adapted tobe grasped by the user and provided with a concave portion conforming tothe middle portion of the convex side of said how, and means forsecuring said how and handle to one another.

CHARLES F. SANFORD.

